Dominate South Asia

On the slipway, scaffolding has been erected, densely packed, covering the entire hull.

Countless shipwrights were busy working on it, shoveling away large pieces of rust, and using sandpaper to remove all the remaining rust. Although winter was about to enter and the climate became a little cold, they still worked hard. In full swing.

Hamad stood on the pier and looked at the huge hull. The rust was being removed piece by piece, just like scars were being removed. After plastic surgery, what he saw was a beautiful body again.

"The steel of this aircraft carrier is very special." Next to Mhammad, the chief engineer in charge of the modification said: "The ship was demagnetized before it was launched. However, after sailing at sea, due to the effect of the geomagnetic field, the hull was still damaged. It will be magnetic, and we also planned to demagnetize the entire hull after the rust removal, but now we find that the hull is still non-magnetic. "

For ordinary ships, it doesn’t matter whether the hull is magnetic or not, but for military ships, it is of great use. Some torpedoes and mines rely on magnetism to sense. Warships must ensure that they are not magnetic in order to avoid being magnetized. Device detected.

Therefore, after several years of sailing, general warships still need to perform degaussing operations when performing maintenance.

The special steel used in this aircraft carrier is actually guaranteed to be non-magnetic. It can be seen that the basic industry in the United States and the manufacturing of marine steel are also high-tech.

"Yes." Mhamad said: "We must use American steel to repair this aircraft carrier. If we want to build an aircraft carrier ourselves, we still have a long way to go."

There are only a few countries in the world that can produce aircraft carrier steel. The United States is so powerful.

How can the United States help Pakistan? Repair this aircraft carrier? When Mhammad thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little throbbing in his heart. The pressure was enough. If the United States still refused to give in, he had no other way. After all, the two sides now have a cooperative relationship. They must not be angry because of this matter. to the United States.

"Mr. President. The U.S. Ambassador wants to see you." At this moment, a voice came from beside him.

"Ask him to come here," said Mhammad.

Arnold came over soon. Standing on the dock, looking at the behemoth, Arnold felt that it seemed to be a mistake to give this retired aircraft carrier as a gift. From the looks of the Pakistanis, it seemed that they were extremely attracted to this aircraft carrier. ah.

The rust removal went so fast. It seems that it will take another half a month to paint.

but. There is no matching ship, just this empty shell. I'm afraid it doesn't have much combat effectiveness, right? Pakistan's national strength is absolutely unable to maintain a huge naval aircraft carrier formation.

"This aircraft carrier is so spectacular!" Arnold said to Mhamad.

"Yes, whatever the Indians have, we must also have." Mhamad said: "Now, the Indians already have two aircraft carriers, and we only have this one. It is still not enough."

I see! Arnold was immediately relieved. It turned out that the reason why Pakistan was so interested in aircraft carriers was that if the Indians had aircraft carriers, Pakistan must have them. This reason was too... too in line with the tough Mhamad's style. The Indian aircraft carrier is the Sea Harrier, while the Pakistani aircraft carrier is the A7. The two sides are evenly matched.

Mhammad dispelled Arnold's worries with one word. Arnold said: "In order to help our allies, we decided to export the cylinders and pistons of two C11 catapults to you in accordance with your request. Output one A set of deck welding equipment, and 500 tons of steel. The total contract value is US$100 million. But we are curious, what do you need so much steel for? Is it for structural modification of the aircraft carrier?

The structure of this aircraft carrier has been perfected. If it is modified, it has little potential. On the contrary, if there is a problem with the modification, it may cause problems with the balance of the ship. It may capsize when encountering strong winds and waves.

Of course, if this were to happen, the United States would also be happy to see it.

"We only have one such warship, and we need to make large-scale improvements and install a large number of weapons." Mhamad said: "Just like the Soviet Kiev-class."

Is it the same as the Soviet Kiev-class? Does that thing have combat effectiveness? Arnold couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. If it really changed like that, then this aircraft carrier would be half useless.

However, this is also in line with Pakistan's national conditions. After all, Pakistan does not have a decent warship, just this one. Now, it is appropriate to equip this warship with more weapons and have sufficient self-defense capabilities and even offensive capabilities. .

It's just that they don't know that the most combat-effective aircraft carrier should be the carrier-based aircraft! However, it only has the A-7 carrier-based aircraft, which seems to have little combat effectiveness. It is more economical to rely on its own weapons.

Thinking of this, Arnold felt even more relieved. Modifying a large number of weapons indeed requires more steel plates.

Hamad secretly laughed in his heart, no matter what, as long as the Americans brought these things to themselves and they were modified by the time, the Americans would definitely be surprised and regretful.

By then, the aircraft carrier has been modified, what else can the Americans do? There are many things that Americans need themselves for, such as those hostages. Without them, Americans would never be able to handle it.

"President Mhamad, we now hope to resume transactions with Iran, and we hope that you can continue to pull strings from the middle." Arnold said to Mhamad: "We will still follow the previous deal."

Hamad shook his head: "It's not easy to handle. At this time, Yiyi is very dissatisfied with the excessive additional conditions you have proposed and does not intend to continue the transaction."

"I still have to rely on your help." Arnold said, "You must have a way."

"We will do our best for our American friends," Mhamad said.

Although it was not stated directly, the deal was very clear. The United States provided Pakistan with the materials needed to modify the aircraft carrier. Although $100 million was a bit much, at this time they knew that Pakistan was not only fighting a war in Angola, but also engaged in Quite a few things.

And Mhamad did not raise much objection to the amount. The Americans originally planned to earn US$500 million, but now it is only a US$100 million contract. In their view, it is already a big loss. Anyway, in the transaction between the United States and Iran, Pakistan will still earn back this $100 million.

After discussing the deal, Arnold left. Hamad looked at the aircraft carrier and solved these problems. There will be no major problems in the modification of the aircraft carrier. I really hope that I can watch this aircraft carrier complete the modification as soon as possible and equip the Pakistan Navy. !

After the inspection ended in Karachi, Mhamad's special plane did not return to Islamabad, but flew to Saudi Arabia.

When the special plane landed in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan went to the airport to greet him personally, and a special car took Mhamad into the Saudi palace.

King Fahd welcomed Mhamad outside the palace, holding Mhamad's hand like the closest old friend.

"Mhamad, thanks to your help this time, we in Saudi Arabia have a strong counterattack force." King Fahd said to Mhamad.

There is only one powerful counterattack force, which is ballistic missiles!

With the contact of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia reached an agreement with Eastern countries and ordered thirty Dongfeng III missiles. Now, through Pakistan, the missiles have arrived in Saudi Arabia. In the desert of southern Saudi Arabia, a secret missile base has been established. .

Now, what Saudi Arabia needs is to quickly master the operation of these missiles so that it can have live-fire firing capabilities.

"Yes, the Middle East is very unstable. Saudi Arabia, as a big country, must have national weapons." Mhamad said: "Moreover, the Eastern countries have also agreed that in case the Saudi country faces major risks, the Eastern countries are willing to provide A special warhead, used to attack Saudi Arabia.”

The meaning of the special warhead couldn't be more obvious. King Fahd was even more happy when he heard this.

Saudi Arabia is rich and has advanced weapons. However, Saudi Arabia lacks the kind of military courage required by a powerful country. They need deterrent weapons to ensure their own security.

Israel has always been the sworn enemy of the Arabs, and Saudi Arabia must have the power to deal with Israel. Khomeini, in an attempt to export revolution, has always criticized Saudi Arabia's royal rule. In Iraq, Saddam is ambitious, and Saudi Arabia's international environment is not peaceful.

This was a ceremony of thanks to Pakistan for its help in this transaction.

"In order to contain our mortal enemy India, we asked your country to order Mirage 4000 fighter jets to interfere with the deployment of Indians. How is your progress?" Mhammad asked.

"We have ordered twenty aircraft from France and reserve the right to order eighty more." Prince Sultan said: "Now, we have squeezed out the order from India. The Indians will not be able to continue to obtain Mirage until at least the year after next." 4000 fighter planes.”

After all, Saudi Arabia had provided research funds for the Mirage 4000 at that time. The Saudi country was far richer than India. After receiving the order from Saudi Arabia, Gallic Chicken immediately agreed to produce it for Saudi Arabia first.

This is also a practical support for Saudi Arabia to help Pakistan purchase Dongfeng-3 missiles.

"Great." Mhammad said, "But what does it mean to continue to gain?"

Mhammad heard clearly what Prince Sultan just said was that the Indians will continue to obtain such fighter jets!

"Our news is still too late." Prince Sultan said: "It turns out that the Indian transaction started at the beginning of the year. Now, the Indians have equipped eight Mirage 4000 fighters and equipped two squadrons. .”(To be continued~^~)